Ususally a digital artist, so working in fineliner is weird, working on paper is weird, in conclusion, it's all weird!
NOTE: I made my Elipses in planes on my Ghosted Planes. Not sure if that is what we were supposed to do, but so I did.
Hey there! Congrats on holding through despite paper being weird :D
Spoiler: You did good.
But on towards the actual review:
Lines
In the Superimposed Lines and Ghosted Lines I can see a slight wobble in the line. It seems like you're still try to control the pen and do it slowly. Accuracy and aiming for the ending point isn't the goal here, though. The goal is confidence in your stroke. Ghost it as many times as you need before ending it in one swift stroke. If it arches a bit, thats fine, but try to avoid wobbles as best as you can.
For the Superimposed Lines is fraying at one end also alright, as long as you have one swift unwobbly line!
I think you improved that by the Ghosted Planes already but it's definitely something to keep in mind for the future Challenges and Lessons. Aim for Stroke Confidence, not Accuracy. The Accuracy will come in time, don't worry.
Ellipses
Your Ellipses are looking good to me. A few times it seems like you went through them more than three times, but I'm not sure. For the future: Three times is maximum, two times is better.
Boxes
For the Rough Perspective I'll mention the slight wobble again, but you know what to do. Confidence, not Accuracy!
For the Organic Perspective I noticed you tried adding in vanishing points. For this exercise you don't need to worry about the correct perspective yet. Just do it as best as you can without adding the lines. You will do that enough with the 250 Box Challenge.
All in all, well done and good job! I'm proud! Most of it is fine to leave it as it is but I'd really advice doing another Sheet of Ghosted Lines. Ghost them as much as you need and draw one confident line. You will need this skill in the 250 Box Challenge. Don't be afraid to draw short and long lines, vary the lenght of them!
Next Steps:
-1 Sheet of Ghosted Lines
Hi and thank you for your critique! I am aware of the wobble, and did, throughout the 250 box challenge work on it. It is not fully gone yet though so I should definitely practice that more, and it helps hearing it from someone else as well. Now let's see if I can get the link to the reupload to work lol
Haha, the link sadly did not work but I'll believe you're working on it :D
Keep doing your practises, maybe with Ghosted Planes as well and you'll get the hang of it sooner or later! Good luck!
I will keep doing those as warmups... And I will find a way to upload links... Trying again like this (expect edits as this prolly won't work! xD)
Here we're getting into the subjective - Gerald Brom is one of my favourite artists (and a pretty fantastic novelist!). That said, if I recommended art books just for the beautiful images contained therein, my list of recommendations would be miles long.
The reason this book is close to my heart is because of its introduction, where Brom goes explains in detail just how he went from being an army brat to one of the most highly respected dark fantasy artists in the world today. I believe that one's work is flavoured by their life's experiences, and discovering the roots from which other artists hail can help give one perspective on their own beginnings, and perhaps their eventual destination as well.
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